Superconductivity Research update Could dark energy be studied in the lab? Simple superconducting circuits could tell us more about the mysterious substance that makes up 73% of the universe
Quantum mechanics Research update Bill Bryson bags book prize Best-selling travel writer scoops leading prize for science books
Quantum mechanics Research update Physicists move closer to the quantum limit A tiny mechanical arm has been made to vibrate at just above the limits of the uncertainty principle
Quantum optics Research update Looking at decoherence Carbon molecules cool off to reveal quantum-classical limit
Read article: Mesons violate Bell’s inequality Quantum mechanics Research update Mesons violate Bell’s inequality A fundamental aspect of quantum theory has been tested in a particle-physics experiment for the first time
Read article: Biomolecule behaves like a wave Soft matter and liquids Research update Biomolecule behaves like a wave Wave-particle duality has been seen in the largest objects yet
Read article: Entanglement goes macroscopic Quantum optics Research update Entanglement goes macroscopic The effects of quantum entanglement have been observed in the bulk properties of a material for the first time
Ultracold matter Research update Ytterbium joins the condensates Japanese physicists have made a novel Bose-Einstein condensate with ytterbium atoms
Read article: Caesium violates parity in a new way Quantum mechanics Research update Caesium violates parity in a new way Atomic parity violation has been seen using a novel optical technique
Quantum mechanics Research update Caesium joins the condensates Caesium has become the seventh element to form a Bose condensate